Medicare Drug Price Negotiation and Chronic Illness: Why Patient Voices Must Be Heard

July 13, 2025

The AIP BIPOC Network signed on to a letter with more than 20 other organizations, urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to improve how they engage with patients during the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation process

Advocacy & Policy: Legislation & Budget Impact

Why We Signed On: Protecting Access to Small Molecule Drugs in Autoimmune and Chronic Illness Care

May 20, 2025

The EPIC Act (Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures) is a bipartisan bill introduced to fix a flaw in the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (MDPNP). Created by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, this program allows Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices after a certain number of years post-FDA approval.

Advocacy & Policy: Health Equity in Policy

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